Crosby Concussed Again

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Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins  10m10 minutes ago
Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion.

 

[Peter D.]

He didn't play any pre-season games, so that means it likely happened during the World Cup.  Which he was absolutely phenomenal in.  Crazy.

EDIT: Sullivan said it happened at practice on Friday.

 

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Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie  8m8 minutes ago
PIT coach Mike Sullivan said they would prefer to keep in house what specifically in Fri's practice may have led to Crosby's concussion.

 

[rdowdall]

So the question came up if Crosby is done, does he go to the Hall of Fame?  I think the answer is yes.  While looking up some stats, here is something I found interesting:

In the history of the NHL, only 53 players have averaged a PPG or over in their careers.  Crosby for his career is in 5th at 1.327.  He is only behind Gretzky ( 1.921), Lemieux (1.883), Bossy ( 1.497) , and Orr (1.393).

Why I find this interesting, is that those of us that watched hockey in the 80's and 90's were very spoiled.  A lot of the players that averaged a point a game were from that era.  I mean that makes sense, as that was probably the highest scoring era in the history of hockey.  However, does hockey need high scoring stars to be interesting?  I mean I feel I look back at those times somewhat nostalgically so my point of view may be skewed, but I don't think I turned off as many games back then as I do now.  Of course that could also be that I have a lot more demands on my time as well.

 

[Peter D.]

Of course he gets in at this point.  I don't think there is any question about it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Hey so Crosby's back (and scoring goals of course).

https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/791073659398025216

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